On 5/27/2007
Momofsurvivor wrote:
Hi there,
I am new to the message board. My daughter Erica is a Ewing's Survivor of almost 2 years now. I still struggle with all of the quarterly scans and would love to have someone to talk to that understands. We went through 9 months of chemo, bone replacement surgery (her right humerous bone) and all was done on June 15, 2005. She was originally diagnosed on Oct 1, 2004. At that time she was 16 and has now finished her 1st year of college. While I may not be going through heck right now, I did go through this for an entire year. How tiring but we all fought together. Prayer and Laughter go A VERY LONG WAY. Ill be happy to talk with anyone who needs some reassurnace. Thanks and God Bless
Hi
I am also new to the message board. My daughter was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma in 2003, just 2 days after her 8th birthday. She went through a year of hell - 3 days of chemo every 3 weeks. She also had an operation to remove the tumour in her thigh and the worst of all - 25 consecutive days of radiation which has left her with horrific scars. She has been in remission for almost 3 years now and is very, very well. She still has checkups every 3 months. The removal of her tumour as well as a broken leg has left her with a limb length discrepancy. She broken her leg two years ago and because of the radiation it still isn't healed properly. But that is a mild problem compared to the cancer.
I would like to contact anybody who has had Ewings and is remission. I have only been in contact with kids going through the treatment and it gets very depressing at times. It's amazing how you can be strong through the treatment and then look back on it and wonder how on earth you got through it all! My daughter was definitely a source of strength to me, always very positive and full of laughter and jokes!! I found that people offered their sympathy, but never truly understood it!
Keep going strong and hope to hear from you soon!
Nicky